RPC VII.2, 3748

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3748
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 239/40
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ε)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Γ
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm (horizontally)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 678
2 2     G SNG 4508
3 3     V: GR 25237
4 4     A: 4006 (Demetriou)
5 5     Michigan R. A. Haatvedt and E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan excavations, 1924–1935 (Ann Arbor, 1964), no. 715, pl. III.23
6 6     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 36, 27 May 2017, lot 249